Cost-Savings of Implementing Site-Specific Ground Motion Response Analysis in Design of Mississippi Embayment Bridges [PDF]
, 2017 Deep dynamic site characterization and a site-specific ground motion response analysis (SSGMRA) were conducted for a bridge site in Monette, Arkansas.
Baker, Ethan Ryan Benton
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A New Weibull-G Family of Distributions [PDF]
, 2016 Statistical analysis of lifetime data is an important topic in reliability engineering, biomedical and social sciences and others. We introduce a new generator based on the Weibull random variable called the new Weibull-G family.
Alizadeh, Morad +5 more
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Duration and Risk of Unemployment in Argentina [PDF]
, 2001 After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution.
Galiani, Sebastian, Hopenhayn, Hugo A.
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Natural phenomena hazards site characterization criteria [PDF]
, 1994 The criteria and recommendations in this standard shall apply to site characterization for the purpose of mitigating Natural Phenomena Hazards (wind, floods, landslide, earthquake, volcano, etc.) in all DOE facilities covered by DOE Order 5480.28. Criteria for site characterization not related to NPH are not included unless necessary for clarification.
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HEALTH RISKS FROM TOXIC CONTAMINANTS FORMED DURING THE PROCESSING OF VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS
Journal of Engineering Science (Chişinău)The purpose of this review was to summarize current research findings and unify ideas regarding methods to reduce the health risks to consumers posed by toxic contaminants, such as chloropropanols, glycidols, and their esters ...
GUREV, Angela +2 more
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Demographic performance of local sheep and goat breeds in two agro-ecological zones in Egypt [PDF]
, 2019 Small breeders in Egypt raise locally adapted sheep and goats breeds, which have the ability to produce and reproduce under the prevailing harsh conditions.
Abdel-Sabour, T. +7 more
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Evaluation of The Seismic Hazard in The Marmara Region (Turkey) Based on Updated Databases
Geosciences, 2019 The increase in the wealth of information on the seismotectonic structure of the Marmara region after two devastating earthquakes (M7.6 Izmit and M7.2 Duzce events) in the year 1999 opened the way for the reassessment of the probabilistic seismic hazard ...
Karin Şeşetyan +2 more
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Carbon/graphite fiber risk analysis and assessment study: An assessment of the risk to Douglas commercial transport aircraft [PDF]
The potential hazard to electrical and electronic devices should there be a release of free carbon fibers due to an aircraft crash and fire was assessed. Exposure and equipment sensitivity data were compiled for a risk analysis.
Cook, C. Q. +6 more
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Gigapixel Imaging and Photogrammetry: Development of a New Long Range Remote Imaging Technique
Remote Sensing, 2012 The use of terrestrial remote imaging techniques, specifically LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) and digital stereo-photogrammetry, are widely proven and accepted for the mapping of geological structure and monitoring of mass movements. The use of such
George Bevan +2 more
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The percentile residual life up to time t0: ordering and aging properties [PDF]
Motivated by practical issues, a new stochastic order for random variables is introduced by comparing all their percentile residual life functions until a certain instant.
Alba M. Franco-Pereira +2 more
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